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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
PUBLIC HEARING City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Christopher Price
DATE: May 25, 2004
SUBJECT: BAYWOOD LANE BETWEEN BROOKINGS COURT AND
NEWHALL RANCH ROAD STREET VACATION
DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Engineering Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council receive the staff report; open the public hearing, receive testimony, and close the
public hearing; adopt a resolution vacating a portion of Baywood Lane between Brookings Court
and Newhall Ranch Road as described on Exhibit "A" and as shown on Exhibit "B"; and direct
the City Clerk to record the certified original resolution in the office of the Registrar -Recorder of
the County of Los Angeles once all of the conditions for the proposed vacation have been
satisfied.
BACKGROUND
On April 27, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 04-39, declaring its intention to
vacate a portion of Baywood Lane between Brookings Court and Newhall Ranch Road and
established May 25, 2004, at or after 6:00 p.m., as the date and time for the public hearing.
Notices of the Public Hearing were published and posted as required by the Streets and Highways
Code.
The Valencia Water Company, Southern California Gas Company, Southern California Edison
Company, SBC, and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District will retain easements over
the portion to be vacated and have no objection to the vacation. The proposed street vacation
was reviewed and a Notice of Exemption was filed with the County Clerk of the County of Los
Angeles.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
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FISCAL IMPACT
Half of the vacated area will be maintained by the Parks Division, with the remaining
13,283 square feet being annexed into the existing Areawide TI Landscape Maintenance District.
Newhall Land will be responsible for funding the initial planting and has already paid the City
$20,000.00 for establishment maintenance costs. The ongoing maintenance is estimated to cost
less than $5,000.00 per year, to be paid out of the existing Landscape Maintenance District.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Exhibit "A" - Legal Description
Exhibit 'B" - Plat Map
Exhibit "C" - Utility Easements
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
A Public Hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita in the City Hall
Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd., 1st Floor, Santa Clarita, California, on the 25th day of
May, 2004, at or after 6:00 p.m. to order the vacation of Baywood Lane between Brookings Court
and Newhall Ranch Road. This vacation is supported by the surrounding community along with the
traffic calming improvements that will be constructed by Newhall Land and Farming Company.
Proponents, opponents, and any interested persons may appear and be heard on this matter at that
time. Further information may be obtained by contacting Monica Fernandez, Consultant at
(661) 255-4947 with the Department of Transportation & Engineering Services,
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 302, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
If you wish to challenge this order in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
delivered to the City Council at or prior to the public hearing.
Dated: May 5, 2004
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
Publish Dates: May 9, 2004, May 16, 2004
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